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Science 5 March 2004:
Vol. 303. no. 5663, pp. 1472 - 1473
DOI: 10.1126/science.1091973
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BEYOND THE IVORY TOWER:
Constructing Complexity in the Digital Age

William J. Mitchell

Digital technology allows architects to reduce reliance upon standardization and repetition, and to produce designs that respond more sensitively to varied conditions and needs.

The author is in the School of Architecture and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. E-mail: wjm{at}mit.edu

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